Arsenal have not made any contact with Manchester United to establish whether
Wayne Rooney is for sale, according to the club’s manager, Arsene Wenger.
The Frenchman is, though, close to concluding a deal to sign the 20-year-old
Auxerre forward, Yaya Sanogo.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s admission last week that Rooney had asked to leave Old
Trafford has led to suggestions that both Arsenal and Chelsea would be
prepared to offer the 27-year-old a way out of the club. Wenger stopped
short this morning of denying any interest in the England forward, but
insisted he is not yet assessing his potential options